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So GRHRCH dogs are pigs?? Hmmm, news to me...
Did you ever think that your problem isn't the "Grand Standard" of obedience but maybe the fact that the ob standard at weekend HT's is not strict enough?? I've seen a lot of crap at the Grand that I do not agree with, AND I agree a steady, perfectly healing dog does not a "Grand Champion" make...BUT, I wouldn't go to an AKC test and pat my leg cause my dog didn't turn with me cause i wasn't sitting on a bucket shuckin shells and then bitch about being dropped.
Its better to be pissed off than pissed on regards...

Haven't ran a grand yet, but have gotten a lot of advice from those that have. Seems like you can get a pretty good idea of what you need to tightening for the grand by running the HRC tests, and attempting to enforce the stronger standard. Also remember your training, gun safety will fail you just as quick as dog line manners. Practice, proper gun mount, and safety doesn't go off until bird is in the air. Got to work on keeping the dog at heel, base of dogs tail doesn't pass in front of your knee. Single verbal commands of heel, sit, etc. I'd probably be working with a bunch of short in your face multiple, live flyers, figuring that if I could keep control, with live flyers, dead birds would be easier. Also Practice for the Upland portion, a lot of dogs will fail out with the excitement of the upland portion of the grand, it's probably the hardest series to maintain control on. Seems most of the amateur handlers I've talked to go out most frequently on simple handler mistakes, not sure how you deal with that, hard to learn while doing when you've only got one or two bullets, to play with.

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"Hunting is a skill to be learned whether you do it early or late it still needs to be learned"
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